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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Grand Convocation of the Royal Arch . On that occasion several of the Companions , who had received previous intimation of His Royal Highness ' s gracious intention to promote them in Royal Arch Masonry , were unable to be pi-esent at the opening of the Grand Chapter , because
they were not actual or past Principals of Chapters ! In other words , because they were not qualified , according to the Constitutions of Royal Arch Masonry , to take seats in the Grand Chapter . Against such proceedings we enter our serious and most decided protest .
If appointments in Grand Lodge were consequent upon appointments in Grand Chapter , and the principle of qualification laid down by His Royal Highness were strictly adhered to , it would be not merely sensible but just . In every thing else , but English Freemasonry , the major
comprises the minor—the superior the inferior—whether in quality or dimension . And we should gladly hail the uniform enforcement of such a system among ourselves , as is universally in operation elsewhere ; or , if it be contended , as it may be with some show of reason , that the
appointments in Grand Lodge , and in Grand Chapter , should be perfectly distinct , then , in the name of justice , let them be equally consequent on their respective qualifications .
CRAFT MASONRY PRIVILEGE AND RESTRICTION . In the preceding article we have pretty clearly shown that our Masonic Chief does not hesitate to observe a different rule of conduct in the appointment of Grand Officers , in Royal Arch Masonry , to that professed by him
in Craft Masonry . We will now proceed to demonstrate that this anomaly of action , on the part of His Royal Highness , is nothing in comparison with the gradual subversion of Masonic principle , which , beginning with the Union of the ancient and modern Masons , and with the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Grand Convocation of the Royal Arch . On that occasion several of the Companions , who had received previous intimation of His Royal Highness ' s gracious intention to promote them in Royal Arch Masonry , were unable to be pi-esent at the opening of the Grand Chapter , because
they were not actual or past Principals of Chapters ! In other words , because they were not qualified , according to the Constitutions of Royal Arch Masonry , to take seats in the Grand Chapter . Against such proceedings we enter our serious and most decided protest .
If appointments in Grand Lodge were consequent upon appointments in Grand Chapter , and the principle of qualification laid down by His Royal Highness were strictly adhered to , it would be not merely sensible but just . In every thing else , but English Freemasonry , the major
comprises the minor—the superior the inferior—whether in quality or dimension . And we should gladly hail the uniform enforcement of such a system among ourselves , as is universally in operation elsewhere ; or , if it be contended , as it may be with some show of reason , that the
appointments in Grand Lodge , and in Grand Chapter , should be perfectly distinct , then , in the name of justice , let them be equally consequent on their respective qualifications .
CRAFT MASONRY PRIVILEGE AND RESTRICTION . In the preceding article we have pretty clearly shown that our Masonic Chief does not hesitate to observe a different rule of conduct in the appointment of Grand Officers , in Royal Arch Masonry , to that professed by him
in Craft Masonry . We will now proceed to demonstrate that this anomaly of action , on the part of His Royal Highness , is nothing in comparison with the gradual subversion of Masonic principle , which , beginning with the Union of the ancient and modern Masons , and with the